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My Birth Story! Baby Aiden is Here!

Update! On march 2 at 35 weeks pregnant with my first baby at 25years old, i went to visit a friend who worked in a hospital and as I was about to leave my water broke right there by the lobby. We rushed up to the labor delivery floor getting my water all over the elevator. This wasnt even my hospital.I gave them my birth plan and it was followed very close to what I wanted. I only had antibiotics and fluids by iv. I refused pitocin and all pain meds. My blood pressure wad high so I had to remain in bed.Luckily labor was progressing on its own. After a very intense hard labor and much screaming, my baby was born over 17 hours after my water broke on march3. As I held him,the nicu woman told me they would have to stay a week and be monitered away from me. She took him and checked him over. I heard her saying in disbelief that he looked great and wouldnt need nicu afterall. He weighed 5 lbs 12oz and was 18 1/2 inches. He got to room with me. When it was time for his check up before discharge, they realized he was jaundice and had lost too much weight. I was told we had to stay another day atleast and I had to supplement similac instead of exclusively breastfeeding. He had to be put under lights for jaundice. I cried alot and visited him every 3 hours to breast and bottle feed. The next day he got checked up and had bounced back. He was able to go home. We had his first check up monday and he has gained back his birth weight and is doing great. Nobody knows why my water broke so early,maybe my body did that to avoid preeclampsia. I just feel so blessed and happy!

Congratulations on your natural birth! That's an amazing story and I'm so glad he was able to come home! He's very cute! I hope you take everyones advice as coming from people who care. Pretty much everyone in here has been in your shoes at one point and we have all learned from our mistakes or learned through this group and Cafemom. We all know the amount of bad info out there on breastfeeding and car seat safety! I hope you go on to exclusively breastfeed. LOTS of us formula fed our older kids and breastfed exclusively our younger ones so we have been there and been through the bad info. If you have ANY questions please ask us and we will help. We want to see you successful so I hope you take the advice as coming from a good place and not as criticism! <3

Thank you. Natural child birth was intense but I would do it again. He was worth it. Thanks for taking the time to say all this. I appreciate it. I'm learning as I go.

Quoting jconney80:

Congratulations on your natural birth! That's an amazing story and I'm so glad he was able to come home! He's very cute! I hope you take everyones advice as coming from people who care. Pretty much everyone in here has been in your shoes at one point and we have all learned from our mistakes or learned through this group and Cafemom. We all know the amount of bad info out there on breastfeeding and car seat safety! I hope you go on to exclusively breastfeed. LOTS of us formula fed our older kids and breastfed exclusively our younger ones so we have been there and been through the bad info. If you have ANY questions please ask us and we will help. We want to see you successful so I hope you take the advice as coming from a good place and not as criticism! <3

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